English : Monaco shrimp
French : Bouc / Crevette monégasque
Portuguese : Camarão limpador do Mónaco
Castelhano : Camarón
monegasco
Italian : Gamberetto rosso
Similar species - Lysmata wurdemanni (Gibbes, 1850)
Distribution - Mediterranean Sea and coastal north eastern Atlantic area. It can be found up to 60m deep, generally over rocky bottoms and dark caves.
Description – Red coloration with silvery white lines over the abdomen. Size up to 7 cm.
Behaviour – In nature, it is a shy species, coming out at night to eat. In the aquarium comes out at all times, returning to its hideout if disturbed. Cultured specimens are considerably less shy. It has a particular natural behaviour of cleaning the surrounding area and usually is found “polishing” the fish around him. An important characteristic is that this species eats the pest glass anemone Aiptasia that usually infects reef aquariums. Lysmata seticaudata is harmless to coral polyps and other invertebrates (reef-safe).
Temperature – The ideal temperature profile is from 25 ºC to 28 ºC. Cultured specimens have temperature tolerance and are suitable for any aquarium, from 30 ºC down to 10 ºC.
Feeding – It is an omnivore species and feeding is not a major problem. Captive raised specimens can be fed fresh, frozen, pellet or flake food.
Special details – Captive specimens are highly resistant, thus becoming the ideal guest for the aquarium. It likes to live in groups. Hermaphrodite. When more than one shrimp lives in the aquarium, they will release larvae regularly.
Recomended density : 1 to 2 Monaco shrimps per 100 l. If the aipatsia plague is considerable, use 3 to 5 Monaco shrimps per each 100 l.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Branchiata (=Diantennata)
Class Crustacea Subclass Malacostraca
Order Decapoda Suborder Natantia
Family Hippolytidae
Genus Lysmata Risso, 1816
Species seticaudata (Risso, 1816)
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